Shipping and dispensing can



J. H. MILLER SHIPPING AND DISPENSING CAN Dec. 29, 1936.

Filed Feb. 6, 1935 Patented Dec. 29, 1936 UNITED STATES SHIPPING AND DISPENSING CAN Joseph H. Miller, Houston, Tex.

Application February 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a can for shipping and dispensing oil and other liquids which are dispensed by dropping small quantities of the liquid by means of a nozzle or spout which is mounted at its base on a disk, which preferably closes the base of the nozzle and is adapted to be punched to provide for the dispensing operation. The disk serves both to close the nozzle opening in the shipping arrangement and as a support for the nozzle in the dispensing arrangement of the can.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated a shipping and dispensing can or container embodying the features of the invention in the preferred form.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the can in upright position, the parts being arranged for shipping, and the can being broken away to include a fragmentary vertical central section showing the nozzle or spout inverted in accordance with this shipping arrangement.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the nozzle or spout and disk in inverted position and removed from the can.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 except that the parts are in dispensing arrangement, the disk being punched at the base of the nozzle to pass the liquid.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4, 4 in Figure 3 looking downwardly in the direction of the arrows, the disk being broken away at one side to expose the underlying parts and the interior of the can.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, each of which is used to indicate the same or similar parts in the different figures, the construction shown comprises a can or other suitable container 1 having a top 2 of sheet metal and provided with an upwardly extending neck 3 which is threaded at 4 for engagement by a correspondingly threaded cap 5. The construction also includes a tapered nozzle or spout 6 secured at its base to a supporting disk I.

More particularly described, the neck 3 is provided at its upper end with an inwardly disposed peripheral flange 8 surrounding a central opening 9 and the flange as shown and in the preferred form is provided on its top surface with a circular bead Hi surrounding the opening 9 and spaced outwardly therefrom, to position the disk 1. The cap is shown as provided with a central opening l2 of sufficient size to admit or enclose the nozzle or spout 6 near the base, and between the cap and the flange 8 is a pack- 6, 1935, Serial No. 5,234

ing ring or washer M of cork or other suitable packing material. Preferably the cap has a raised outer peripheral portion I5, the central portion at 16 being slightly depressed so that the pressure incident to screwing the cap downwardly is applied directly to the inner portion of the packing ring l4, forcing it against the disk 1.

The disk 1, which supports the nozzle or spout B, is provided in the preferred form with oppositely disposed short beads 11 and [8 arranged in alignment with a circle concentric with the disk and of a diameteii slightly less than the diameter of the opening 9. These beads may be formed as shown by deflecting the metal from the opposite sides of the disk. As shown, the beads are six in number, the alternate beads being oppositely disposed, the beads l8 projecting upwardly in Figure 3 and beads 11 downwardly in said figure.

In the shipping arrangement of the parts, the disk 1 which is a little larger than the opening 9, rests with its outer edge overlapping the inner edge of the peripheral flange 8, the disk being of a diameter which permits it to lie immediately within the circular bead l0 on the neck flange 8 by which bead it is enclosed and surrounded. The bead II] has an effect in positioning the disk I and the spout or nozzle 6 in both the shipping and dispensing position of the nozzle as further described.

The beads I8 on the disk being arranged on a circle slightly less in diameter than the diameter of the opening 9 extend inside the edges of the flange 8 at the opening 9 and further position the disk I in the shipping or closed arrangement of the parts, and beads l1 position it in the dispensing arrangement.

When the packing ring I4 is placed on top of the disk I and the cap 5 is screwed down, the package is tightly closed, the packing ring being forced into contact with the disk I which is also forced into: close contact at its edges with the edge of the flange 8. In both Figures 1 and 3 the packing ring or washer I4 is spaced upward resting on the beads I! or I0 prior to complete closing by forcing the cap down.

In the shipping position of the parts as shown in Figure 1, when it is desired to convert to dispensing arrangement Figure 3, the disk I having first preferably been punched as indicated at 2B, and the spout or nozzle 6 and the disk 1 having been released by unscrewing the cap 5, and removed, the nozzle or spout and disk are replaced in the opposite position with the 55 nozzle projecting upwardly as shown in Figure 3. In this position the outer edge of the disk I rests on top of and overlaps the inner peripheral edge of the flange 8, preferably contacting the side of the peripheral bead l and the short positioning beads IT project downwardly through the opening 9 bearing against the inner peripheral edges of the flange 8. When the disk I with the nozzle or spout 6 have been thus placed, the packing ring I4 is passed over the nozzle andseated on top of the disk 1 and flange 8, and the cap having been passed over the end of the spout or nozzle 6, is screwed downwardly in engagement with the neck 3, compressing the ring or washer l4 and holding the disk and spout or nozzle in dispensing position. In this position as in the shipping position the ring l4 serves as packing around the spout and. between the cap 5 and the disk 1, and also between the cap 5 and the flange 8 of the neck 3, effecting a liquid tight closure around the nozzle and cap. The opening 20 punched in the disk provides for dispensing of the liquid through the nozzle or spout 6 in a convenient and satisfactory manner. Beads l 8 enter the packing and do not interfere with the liquid tight contact.

I have thus provided a shipping and dispensing can with a spout which in the shipping arrangement is enclosed within the can and is: adapted to be quickly and easily removed from the shipping arrangement and secured in the dispensing arrangement without the necessity for or inconvenience of a cap to close the end of the nozzle and without the necessity for special tools or equipment other than a sharp instrument for punching the disk which supports the spout.

I have thus described a shipping and dispens ing can for oil or other liquids, said description being specific and in detail in order that the manner of constructing, applying, operating and using the invention may be fully understood; however, the specific terms herein are used descriptively rather than in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A shipping and dispensing can having a screw threaded neck with an inwardly disposed flange surrounding an opening at the top of the said neck, a dispensing nozzle and a disk to which said nozzle is secured, said disk being adapted to close said opening and overlap at its edges the edges of said flange, the disk closing the base 'of the nozzle and being adapted to be punched to open the nozzle, a screw cap fitting said neck and adapted to have a central opening formed therein to receive the nozzle the cap surrounding the nozzle near the base and a; ring between the cap and the neck flange and overlying said disk the opening in the ring being adapted to surround the nozzle near the base, the neck flange having a bead to position the edges of the disk, the disk halving oppositely disposed beads arranged in a circle to engage the edges of the neck flange and position the disk in both the shipping and dispensing positions of the disk, and said ring being compressible.

JOSEPH H. MILLER. 

